Hume Highway – Yass Bridge, built 1876. After half a century of continuous construction and the investment of billions of dollars, a fully duplicated Hume Highway is at last a reality. The final stage in the upgrade of the Hume ...
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Brown & Brown of New York has completed acquisition of certain assets of The Rollins Agency for an undisclosed amount. With annual revenues of approximately $5.5m, The Rollins Agency has been providing a range of insurance products and ...
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Classic and simple quality-inspired cotton and linen fabrics from sixth generation family-run firm Ian Mankin are one of the newest collections now available from UK on-line fabric specialist Curtains Made Simple. The Ian Mankin updated ...
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Dannon, a subsidiary of French food company Groupe Danone and a leading yogurt producer in the US, is using IBM cloud-based predictive analytics to ensure the delivery of the correct product mix at the right time to satifsy customers in the ...
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To get an idea of how American coastal waters might look just before they succumb to all the degradations they have suffered these past five centuries, it would be worth taking a July trip to Mobile Bay, an Alabama inlet that feeds into the ...
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Widespread tornado warnings issued throughout the Plains states over the weekend became reality Sunday across parts of Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri. Several small and three large tornadoes touched down Sunday afternoon, injuring more than ...
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The American Midwest is often thought of as the land of rolling plains, family values and, in recent years, shrinking economies. However, one industry stands to help the heartland get back on its feet: the construction industry. The ...
With states in the Midwest bracing for flooding and a rare May snowstorm predicted in the Plains states, other parts of the country have been unusually dry this spring. It's been a tough start to the growing season for some lawns. During ...
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Rural residents in North America may soon get a shot at better cellular coverage with an open-source technology being used in Antarctica, Mexico and Papua, Indonesia. Range Networks, which says its technology slashes the cost of networks ...
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Retailers, franchisors and exporters of apparels from Philippines can consider Indonesia as a potentially lucrative market for their products, the Philippine Exporters Confederation Inc. (PHILEXPORT) said in its weekly news bulletin. Alma ...
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Primitive, the well known Chicago gallery has opened an exhibition of rare, hand woven African ceremonial skirts known as “heirloom cloth.” Created by the Dida People in the Ivory Coast, the textiles are woven without the use of ...
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Fashion weeks around the world have highlighted fabric trends will be largely texture driven and once again the worlds of fashion and decor are colliding with runway looks quickly translated into exciting interior ranges by the leading ...
John A. Burch was elected the 2013 president of Cotton Council International (CCI). “CCI is the best in the world promoting cotton, and I am proud to be leading such an organization,” said Burch, vice president of sales for ...
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Power distribution and transmission executives are faced with a range of new technologies at the moment that need to be integrated and understood, says Michael Ropp, President and Principal Engineer, Northern Plains Power Technologies. ...
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Many people consider a hammock as only an accessory for their yard, deck, or porch. Some people consider laying in a hammock a "reward", only for use after tasks such as mowing the lawn, weeding the garden, or repainting the fence are ...
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